Wheel-cultivator.



J. D. HASKETT & B. SANDERS.

WHEEL CULTIVATOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR 6 19155.

1 1 ,21; Patented Jan. 11, mm.

JOSEPH J). HASKETT AND BRAD SANDER S, OF ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA.

WHEEL-CULTIVATOR.

Application filed March 6, 1915.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, JOSEPH I). HASKETT and BRAD SANDERS, citizens of the United States, residing at Elizabeth City, Pasquotank county, and State of North Carolina, have invented and discovered certain new and useful Improvements in VVheel-Cultivators, of which the following is a specification.

Our said invention relates to certain improvements in the details of construction and arrangement of parts of walking cultivators, whereby the operator may readily and conveniently guide the cultivator along the work as may be required for the performance of said work in the 'most advantageous manner, all as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings which are made a part hereof and on which similar reference characters indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a top of plan view of a cultivator embodying our said invention, Fig. 2 a cross section on the dotted line 2-2 in Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 a detail longitudinal section on the dotted line 3-3 in Fig. 1.

In said drawings the portions marked A represent the wheels, B the axles, and O, C the handles. These several parts are,- in themselves, of any appropriate or improved construction and arrangement, and require no special description herein, except such as may-be incidentally necessary to an understanding of the construction and operation of the special features which constitute our improvements.

The spindles B are carried at their inner ends on the lower ends of vertical posts 10, which are journaled in bearings 11 and 12 on parts 13 and 14 of the frame, said parts of said frame are supported at their front ends on the uprights of an inverted 1 shaped member 15 which connects the two sides of the frame at the front end in a usual manner. A forwardly projecting arm 16 is rigidly secured to the upper end of each of said posts 10 and their outer ends are connected by a rod 17.

Handle G is connected at its forward end Specification of Letters Patent.

- its other end is connected Patented Jan. 11, 1916.

Serial No. 12,639.

by a pivot 18 with the top of member 15 and at an intermediate point it is connecte with a bracket 19 by pivot bolt 20. Said bracket 19 is mounted by means of slots to have-a limited sliding movement on a rear horizontal cross-bar 21 of the frame. Said bracket 19 is supported on said bar 21 by means of bolts 22. A connecting rod 23 is connected by a pivot bolt 24: with said handle 0 adjacent to the bracket 19 and at by a pivot 25 with the connecting rod 17 preferably at the joint between arm 16 and said rod at corner on the side of the machine opposite said handle 0. Handle C is rigidly fixed at an intermediate point in a bracket 26 on member 21 of the frame and at its front end to the upper bar of the U-shaped member 15. In operation, by swinging handle C back and forth within the limits of the slot in the bracket 19, the operator can, through the connection by rod 23 with the wheel controlling means consisting of the vertical posts 10, arms 16 and connecting rod 17, swing wheels A to guide the machine as 1 may be necessary to keep the plows 1n the desiredrelations with the work at all times.

Having thus fully described our said invention, what we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. In a walking cultivator, the combination, of a frame, supporting wheels swivelly mounted on the frame, cultivator manipulating handles mounted on the frame, one of said handles being pivoted to swing horizontally and the other handle being rigidly mounted, and a connection between said pivoted handle and the swiveled wheels for steering said wheels, substantially as set forth.

2. In a walking cultivator the combination, of a frame having front and rear crossbars, oscillating posts carried by said frame, axles mounted on said posts, wheels journaled on the axles, horizontal arms projecting from said posts, a rodconaecting sai horizontal arms, a handle fixedly mounted on the frame, a wheel steering handle fulcrumed on the front cross-bar of the frame and having limited sliding movement on the Carolina this 4th day of February, A. D,

rear cross-bar thereof, and a rigid rod pronineteen hundred and fifteen.

riding pivotal connection between the steer- JOSEPH D. HASKETT. [1,. s.] ing handle and said horizontal arms, s'ub- BRAD SANDERS. [LS1] stantially as set forth. "Witnesses:

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set H. W. SANDERS,

' our hancls and seals it Elizabeth City, North J. H. SCARBOROUGH. 

